| Model Number |
31130571 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Material Fragmentation (1261)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Nerve Damage (1979); Vertigo (2134)
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| Date of Event |
06/03/2017
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product evaluation: analysis results are not available; device not returned for evaluation.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Event or Problem Description
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Per sus voluntary event report: mw5070751: "rough fine diamond bur 0.5 mm used to drill cochleostomy.Pt had thick bone and needed increased drilling, at the end of the drilling the drill tip broke off.The surgeon had difficulty removing the broken tip because it had lodged into the bone so he ended up making the cochleostomy wider which may have caused injury to the facial nerve.Post op vertigo.".
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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